🐞 Bug RemoveComments + CollapseWhitespace - Correctly handle // JS comments #188
Description
Detailed description
Currently the RemoveComments,
and thus also CollapseWhitespace middlewares don't correctly strip out // Comments from JavaScript <script> tags.
Context
The described issue leads to broken compressed pages due to JavaScript code being // Commented out.
This also leads to confusion with developers trying to implement this package,
some might abandon the package, thinking it is broken while it is not.
Work Around
Replace all your JavaScript // Comments with <!-- Comment -->s
Your environment
| Software | Version |
|---|---|
| PHP | v8.1.27 |
| Laravel | v10.43.0 |
| Laravel-Page-Speed | dev-master b16c018 |